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Beniamino Gigli (/ ˈ dʒ iː l i / JEE-lee, Italian: [benjaˈmiːno ˈdʒiʎʎi]; 20 March 1890 – 30 November 1957) [1] was an Italian opera singer (lyric tenor). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation.
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Mar 20, 2019 · Beniamino Gigli is one of the most famous tenors in history. Born on March 20, 1890 in Recanati, his father was a shoemaker who was passionate about opera. While his family didn’t really care to see their son take on a career as an opera singer, Gigli moved forward and wound up winning an international prize in 1914.
Beniamino Gigli was one of the greatest Italian operatic tenors of the first quarter of the 20th century. Gigli studied in Rome, and, after winning a competition at Parma in 1914, he made his debut at Rovigo, Italy, as Enzo in Amilcare Ponchielli’s La gioconda.
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May 24, 2017 · Late on the evening of 14 May 1918, after a performance of his Lodoletta at the Teatro Lirico in Milan, Pietro Mascagni introduced two men to his young star tenor, Beniamino Gigli, who were to have a profound influence on his future life and career.
Apr 11, 2018 · Gigli became the foremost Italian tenor of the 1920s through the 1940s, possessed of a smooth, lush voice with a lyric sweetness often described as “honeyed.”. He became a Metropolitan Opera star, singing 28 roles there, and was a legitimate heir to the tenor Enrico Caruso, who had died at the beginning of the 1920s.
One of the foremost Italian operatic singers of the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, Beniamino Gigli possessed the finest lyric tenor of the 20th century. His voice was one of extraordinary beauty; it was velvety and mellifluous. He could sing with passion and vigour and ringing thrilling top tones.
Jan 22, 2018 · In 1990, his centenary celebrations were the greatest and most extensive any singer has ever had: the United States took little or no part in them, yet Gigli had been one of the two greatest tenors ever to appear at the Metropolitan and had rendered inestimable services to American musical life and charities.
